Fender for street-cars.



No. 782,982. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. w. 0. MUNDY.

FENDER FOR STREET CARS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAE.14, 1904.

UNTTED STATE-S Patented February 21, 1905 PATENT OFFICE.

FENDER FOR STREET-CARS- SPECIFI CATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 782,982, dated, February 21, 190 5. Application filed March 14, 1904. Serial No. 197,939.

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Be it known that 1, WILLIAM O. MUNDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders for Street-Cars, of which the following is a full,.clear., and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a certain novel and useful construction and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed, whereby the construction of the street-car fender is very largely simplified, the number of .parts reduced to. a minimum, while at the same time the efficaey of the fender mechanism and its maintenance in operative condition is largely increased.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the under side of the street-car, showing my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the sleeves for separating the bars of the under scoop.

A is the platform of the car; B, the front dashboard, upon which is hung the buffer or fender C. This buffer is constructed in the usual way of parallel steel strips properly bound and braced together and shaped in any desired way to serve as a fender to throw away from the track and from in front of the car any object that may be struck. Extending back from the base of the buffer C on each side are the connecting-bars a a, which are pivoted to the arms 6 b, mounted on the rock-shaft D, which is journaled horizontally underneath the car-platform in hangers E E, secured to the under surface of the platform.

F is the scoop, which is designed to pick up and hold away from the car-wheels any object that may be run over by the car. This scoop is constructed of steel rods 0 0, running parallel to each other and spaced apart by the sleeves G H at front and rear, mounted on the square shafts, which shafts are round at the ends to receive the nuts (Z c, by means of which the sleeves, with the steel rods, may be tightly drawn together. The sleeves H for the rear scoop-shaft are formed with notches ff at each end, so that the steel rods may be given a turn around the scoop-shaft and the ends of the rods permitted to extend upward, as shown at g, to form a back for the scoop. The scoop is suspended underneath the car by the hangers L, which are formed with a hook Z to hold the rear scoop-shaft, and the scoopshaft is held in place by the cotter-pins arm/z. Secured to the rear scoop-shaft is the upwardly-extending arm M, to which is pivoted the forwardly-extending connecting-bar N. This bar N is preferably made of angle-iron flattened together at each end, at the rear to be suitably connected to the scoop-arm M and at the front to rest in the hanger or yoke P, secured to the under surface of the platform of the car. The front end of the connectingbar N normally rests in the base of this hanger with its front edge bearing against a pin 11, extending across the. hangers. It will be understood, of course, that the scoop F is of considerable weight and that normally the scoop is held up away from the car-tracks, as shown in Fig. 2, with the front end of the connecting-arm bearing against the pin 12..

Secured on the rock-shaft D is an arm R, which normally rests underneath the connecting-bar N, so that when the shaft D is rocked the arm R will raise the connectingbar N from out of engagement with the pin a in the hanger l and the scoop F will at once drop with its front edge bearing against the surface of the ground across the track. It will be evident from this construction that when the platform C is struck by an obstacle the rock-shaft D will be rocked through the medium of the connecting-bars a a and the rock-shaft b, the arm R will be raised to release the scoop-connecting bar N, and allow the scoop to drop at once to the track.

In order to permit the motorman or driver to drop the scoop independently of the action of the platform, a drop-lever S is provided, suitably connected by a chain 1) or otherwise to the arm F on the rock-shaft D, so that by pulling forward the lever the rock-shaft may be rocked and drop the.scoop independently of the platform. In order to raise the scoop and return it to its normal position from the car-platform, the crank-shaft lever U is provided with the crank 1' at the lower end, connected by a chain 8 or other suitable connection with the lever 25, pivoted on the hanger a, while the other end of this lever t is connected by a suitable chain w or otherwise with the scoop-connecting bar N. It will be evident from this construction that when the con- 'necting-bar N has been lifted and the scoop dropped by turning the handle on the crankrod U the chain 8 will be tightened to shift the lever 25 andpull back the bar N, allowing it to drop behind the pin N in the triggerboX. Of course it will be understood that there is suflicient slack to the chain 8 to allow the bar N to be carried forward by the fall of the scoop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In acar-fender, the combination with the buffer pivoted to the front of the car and the scoop pivoted underneath the car-floor to the rear of the bufler, of a rock-shaft, means intermediate the buffer and the rock-shaft for actuating same, an arm on the rock-shaft, a connecting-bar pivoted to the scoop extending above said arm and with which bar said arm contacts, hangers supporting said connectingbar with abutment to receive the end of the bar and to hold the scoop suspended above the track until the connecting-bar is released by the rocking of the rook-shaft to drop the scoop, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a car-fender, the combination with the bufi'er pivoted to the front of the car and the scoop pivoted underneath the car-floor to the rear of the buffer, of a rook-shaft, means intermediate the buffer and the rock-shaft, for actuating same, an arm on the rock-shaft, a connecting-bar pivoted to the scoop extending above said arm, a hanger supporting said connecting-bar with abutment to receive the end of the bar and to hold the scoop suspended above the track until the connecting-bar is released by the rocking of the rock-shaft to drop the scoop, a lever pivoted horizontally underneath the car, and connecting devices connecting the ends of said lever with a handlever on the car and the scoop-connecting bar respectively, whereby the connecting-bar and with it the scoop may be returned to its normal position, substantially as shown and described;

3. In a car-fender mechanism, a scoop pivoted underneath the car, constructed of parallel steel rods runninglength wise, with crossbars at front and rear, and sleeves on the bars between each pair of rods, the sleeves for the rear cross-bar having notches, with the parallel steel rods bent around the bar and resting in said notches, with the inner ends of the rods extending upward to form a back for the scoop, and nuts for tightening the sleeves to form a rigid frame, substantially as shown and described.

ILLIAM O. MUNDY. Witnesses:

CHAS. REMELIUs, C. P. GREGORY. 

